World Series of Poker - Partial results of the Main Event 2008
The 39th edition of the Main Event 2008 ended with the elimination of Dean Hamrick on the 10th place. The WSOP passed on pause mode, the remaining players now have 117 days of break before the final table, scheduled on November 9, 2008. In stake, the title, the bracelet and 9.1 million dollars.
If 2008 was definitely the pros year, the Main Event himself gives birth to a final table made up by the majority of players almost unknown by the public nor the passionates. 5 Americans, 2 Canadians, 1 Russian and 1 Danish, this is the composition of the final table. Hard to find a favorite among the lucky ones, but the chip count is as follows:
Dennis Phillips - 26 295 000;
Ivan Demidov - 24 400 000;
Scott Montgomery - 19 690 000;
Peter Eastgate - 18 375 000;
Ylon Schwartz - 12 525 000;
Darus Suharto - 12 520 000;
Craig Marquis - 10 210 000;
Chino Rheem - 10 230 000;
Kim Kelly - 2 620 000.
The final table will begin on November 9 and will end on November 10 by the heads up between the last two contestants for the title. At that time a new champion will be crowned and the new star of poker will be entering the big league, or not…
It must be admitted that this final table is nothing exciting. The fact that it is postponed to November does not help either. The excitement of the Main Event risks to fall rapidly and will require some wholesale marketing means from the organizers in order to make the happy ending interesting.
While pending the outcome, the players still in competition can now enjoy a well-deserved break and take advantage of their free time to improve their game, to study their opponents or seek a sponsorship contract with a one of the big actors of poker on line…
The best French performance of the Main Event is given the credits to Stephane Hornet. Qualified Winamax Poker, he finishes on the 107th place and wins more than 41000 $. Stephane won his ticket to Vegas during a tournament on line with a buy-in of 30 $. This is what we may call a good return on the investment..
After 55 tournaments for 46 days, the surrender of 54 bracelets and over 180 million dollars in stake, the World Series of Poker rests for 117 days. The
Chip Leader Dennis Phillips, having more than 26 million chips, is in a very good position for winning this event, followed by Ivan Demidov with 24 million. The short stack Kelly Kim has not won more than 2.620.000.
The big surprise of this Main Event has been the presence of Tiffany Michelle among the chip leaders when no more than 27 players remained at the table. She could be the second woman to reach the final table of the Main Event after Barbara Enright in 1995, but eventually she will finish on the 17th position, collecting anyway 257.334 $. Thanks to this performance she would have signed the contract with Ultimate bet in spite her contract with Pokernews, but this could cause her serious problems.
Thus, meet everyone November 9 to attend the live final table of the 39th Main Event of World Series of Poker.
July 17 2008 01:54 pm | Uncategorized